Srittany had, by à trick, imprifoiied thé ééu&uwè and the lord de Beaumanoir ; and that it was cur-rently believed in Brittany he had put them m death, for he hated them mortally. Thefe lords were fo thunderftruek it thé intelligence, that they faid,—* Our expedition is at an end : let us dHbarcA our men at arms, and make for Paris, where we fhall kno\* from the king what he woukf have us do * 4 It is well that we ihoûld go to Paris,* replied the admiral ; £ but theta is not any néceffity for dift miffing all our men at arms. Perhaps they may bé Wanted elfewhere, in Caftille* whither the duke of Bourbon is gone, or iii Brittany againft this duke^ Do you imagine the king of France will quietly fuffer what he has done i No, by God : he will never efcape without lofihg tWo hundred thoufand florins at ieaft, for the indignity he has (hewn à Conftable of France ; and he will be lucky if he come off fo well. Was ever any thing heard or feen like this conduft ? which has ruined the king's .expedition, and prevented him from annoying his enemies. I .et us ftay where we are for tw(o or three days, when we fhall hear fomething more from Brittany or Parish 254